. . . I was playing one night and he came up and asked if he could play bass. I went, `Sure'. And he really surprised me `cause he just turned it upside down and just played the shit out of it! He played with a pick and played the bass like a bass player would, not like a guitar player who just picked up a bass. He was a really good bass player, funky and really solid. . . . He’s my favorite musician in the world of all time. Most stars, when you meet them you realize they’re pretty normal people, but Jimi wasn’t like that - there was something special about his music and something special about him as a person. He had a presence and you could almost feel it when he was in a room. . . . Stevie was so intrigued by Jimi Hendrix that he wanted to know all he could find out about him.